it seems there already are quite a few projects on the way to help compensate for the lack of squeezebox compatible hardware since logitech decided to cancel the product line, but either the replacement hardware is scarce and hard to come by (pogoplug) or the price seems to be quite on the high side (wandboard). This makes me wonder if there is a way to make cheaper systems for people how care more about multiroom sync than high end audio. Maybe based on android arm platforms like the Allwinner A10 or Rockchip RK3066 in combination with external dacs (e.g. chinese muse pcm2704 based), which seem to be much cheaper.
So far I have two squeezelite clients on x86 hardware which are connected to the network via ethernet and which will play synced music for hours without experiencing any skip ahead events. When I add the raspberry pi connected via lan, skip ahead events on the pi occur every 10-15 seconds amounting to 10-15 msec while the two others stay in sync. Unfortunately this is not the case when adding another client (raspberry pi, A10 Tablet, Motorola Defy) via wifi, which I ascribe to wifi latency issues (caused by ~20 wifis around here). But also if i increase the minimum sync difference, the wifi clients will slowly run out of sync (faster in case of the raspberry, which i think might be caused by the usb issues). Now my question would be: given an ideal wired network and using an android mini pc equipped with an external usb dac, who is in charge of the timing? will this be determined by the pc or the dac? So does it matter if I buy a RK3066 based device like the MK808 or an MK802 which is A10 based? Will it depend on the specific clock the company puts on the pcb? or is it all contriolled by the usb dac? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ xvlun's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=60009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98816 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
